charts discussion Spotify [Day 3]: Lil Nas X's "Late To Da Party" #90 (-20) 1.04M WW, #38 (-14) 406k US

[Armani?]

4 minutes ago, aesthetic bih said:

The song sucks ass tho. He flops whenever he tries to pander to straight rap fans (first with Holiday and now with... whatever this new song was)

 

 

Time for more gay bops! It's clear it's what the GP wants from him

 

Holiday didnt flop

[Cheap Thrills 9.0]

2 minutes ago, Armani? said:

Holiday didnt flop

It did, otherwise he would have put it on the album

[aesthetic bih]

11 minutes ago, Armani? said:

Holiday didnt flop

When you compare it to his songs like Old Town Road and Rodeo, it is.

[Abracadabra]

1 minute ago, Cheap Thrills 9.0 said:

It did, otherwise he would have put it on the album

It's literally a Christmas song, it was never intended for his album

[Armani?]

2 minutes ago, Cheap Thrills 9.0 said:

It did, otherwise he would have put it on the album

 

1 minute ago, aesthetic bih said:

When you compare it to his songs like Old Town Road and Rodeo, it is.

It's a song for Christmas

 

It performed fine, peaked top 40 as well.

[Cain]

It’s a BOP, but I get, some people just can’t understand it, it’s not for everyone 

 

[Bey_Rihstan]

12 minutes ago, aesthetic bih said:

The song sucks ass tho. He flops whenever he tries to pander to straight rap fans (first with Holiday and now with... whatever this new song was)

 

 

Time for more gay bops! It's clear it's what the GP wants from him

 

kdsl;fasjd 

 

Holiday was targeted to kids. Industry Baby was targeted to straight rap fans and it's his 2nd biggest hit.

This even sounds like a watered down rehashed of it. He should chase different sounds 

 

[Freaky Prince]

Cheap Twitter gimmicks can only get you so far

[Jay T]

4 minutes ago, aesthetic bih said:

The song sucks ass tho. He flops whenever he tries to pander to straight rap fans (first with Holiday and now with... whatever this new song was)

 

 

Time for more gay bops! It's clear it's what the GP wants from him

 

Did he not try to ponder to straights with industry baby? Had the hottest new straight rapper on it too. 

 

1 hour ago, X~MoviePoP said:

Hes over

 

1 hour ago, reymiu said:

He's flopping :/

 

1 hour ago, Brysexual said:

Not bad for the song 

 

but in terms of how massive his singles were last era, it’s definitely a decline 

Damn he set the bar so high he can’t even flop once. Y’all crazy

[Material Girl]

please flop into irrelevancy so i don’t have to see or hear about his annoying attention seeking antics anymore

[45seconds]

Atrl literally praying for the downfall of the most successful new lgbt artist in, what, two decades? More?  

[blueberries]

the male Miley Cyrus

[aesthetic bih]

16 minutes ago, Armani? said:

 

It's a song for Christmas

 

It performed fine, peaked top 40 as well.

Whatever you say! 

 

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14 minutes ago, Bey_Rihstan said:

kdsl;fasjd 

 

Holiday was targeted to kids. Industry Baby was targeted to straight rap fans and it's his 2nd biggest hit.

This even sounds like a watered down rehashed of it. He should chase different sounds 

 

Oh yes, a song with lyrics about "having hoes" and "b*ttoming on the low" is clearly intended for children's consumption

 

 

Industry Baby didn't feel like straight pandering to me especially when you watch its music video

 

 

[Bey_Rihstan]

3 minutes ago, aesthetic bih said:

Whatever you say! 

 

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Oh yes, a song with lyrics about "having hoes" and "b*ttoming on the low" is clearly intended for children's consumption

 

 

Industry Baby didn't feel like straight pandering to me especially when you watch its music video

 

 

Isn't Old Town Road also about sex? Kids loved that one too 

 

 

 

& Industry Baby is straight "pandering". The video isn't.

But it's the first Lil Nas song Straights have publicly acknowledged listening to since OTR and Panini

 

Just my opinionata 

 

 

EDIT: 

 

Upon lyrical research just done 5 seconds ago. OTR is not about sex. so I concede there

 

Edited June 25, 2022 by Bey_Rihstan

[Alderx]

I actually really like him a lot (and his songs that are more poppier) but Holiday did flop and it was supposed to be on his album. You don't get a football ad spot teaser for an expensive music video of a one-off holiday single from a then one-hit wonder.

 

LIL NAS X MAKES HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR “HOLIDAY” – Sony Music Canada

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The song was co-produced by Take A Daytrip and Tay Keith, and marks Lil Nas X’s first offering from his forthcoming debut album.

 

Lil Nas X: 'At first I felt a sense of responsibility. But now I just don't care' | British GQ (gq-magazine.co.uk)

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The night that “Holiday,” the infectious lead single from Montero, the upcoming self-titled album from Montero Lamar Hill

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To celebrate the track’s release, he had a small gathering with friends, but his focus kept shifting to comments about the track on Twitter. “I was seeing some nice things,” he recalls. “But I was seeing a lot of ******* negativity too.” So he checked the charts. “And I was like, ‘Oh ****. This is not even in the top 200. Oh god. What the **** did I do wrong?”

...

“I told my manager, ‘I don't want to do it. Let's cancel it. Let's get rid of it. There's no point. Nobody's really ******* with this song.’ I was crying. I was upset with myself. I felt like I’d…” He pauses, grasping for the right words, eventually settling on: “failed myself, almost. I was crying like a crazy person. You know one of those times where you cry so hard your fuckin head hurts? It was like that.”

 

The next morning, he spoke with Ron Perry, the Chairman and CEO of Columbia Records. While he doesn’t recount the conversation in detail, he shares the one thing he took away from it: “We talked about how it's hard for artists who just had true success to get that back immediately,” he recounts. “I eventually got myself the **** up and said, ‘No, we got this. Let’s stay fuckin strong.” He went to his rehearsal. By his own description, he “went crazy on TikTok,” promoting the song until it became a fixture on the For You page.

 

I think Down Souf Hoes or even that Vitamin Water ad song would've been a safer hit than LTDP imo.

Edited June 25, 2022 by Alderx

[getBusy]

Those saying he’s over probably said the same when he dropped Holiday lol

[Yog]

20 minutes ago, 45seconds said:

Atrl literally praying for the downfall of the most successful new lgbt artist in, what, two decades? More?  

Umm what? 
 

 

OT: LEAVE SUCCESSFUL LGBTQ ARTISTS ALONE ESPECIALLY THE BLACK ONES KKKTRL!!!

Edited June 25, 2022 by Yog

[Cloudy]

It was bound to happen

 

[Jynx]

Yeah... every single time he "flops" he's considered to be "over". At least wait until he has a string of flops.  

[Cap87]

31 minutes ago, Bey_Rihstan said:

kdsl;fasjd 

 

Holiday was targeted to kids. Industry Baby was targeted to straight rap fans and it's his 2nd biggest hit.

This even sounds like a watered down rehashed of it. He should chase different sounds 

 

He reminding and letting those that don't know that he's a rapper and pretty good at it which the song does a good job so far.

[Martyr Of Fame]

Not surprised. I didn’t even check it out once I saw NBA YoungBoy was involved. NEXT!

 

[slw84]

2 hours ago, Brysexual said:

Not bad for the song 

 

but in terms of how massive his singles were last era, it’s definitely a decline 

Where's the gimmick on this song? It makes a difference. 

Holiday vibes.

 

He's good at marketing so it'll rise in the end.

[Rotunda]

32 minutes ago, Jynx said:

Yeah... every single time he "flops" he's considered to be "over". At least wait until he has a string of flops.  

Right people keep looking stupid discarding new artists whenever one song underperforms.

[Assassin]

Halsey teas.

[mlaredoperez]

This is what happens when you release crap.